Reinventing Citizenship [electronic resource] : Black Los Angeles, Korean Kawasaki, and Community Participation

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsuchiya, Kazuyo.

Series:

Critical American Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Japan--Kawasaki-shi--History--20th century.

Community development--History--20th century--California--Los Angeles.

Community development.

Social service--History--20th century--California--Los Angeles.

Social service.

African Americans--Politics and government--20th century--Los Angeles--California.

African Americans.

Community development--History--20th Century--Japan--Kawasaki-shi.

Social service--History--20th century--Kawasaki-shi--Japan.

Koreans--Politics and government--20th century--Japan--Kawasaki-shi.

Koreans.

Local Subjects:

Social service--Japan--Kawasaki-shi--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1960's and 1970's, the United States and Japan went through massive welfare expansions that sparked debates about citizenship. At the heart of these disputes stood African Americans and Koreans. Reinventing Citizenship offers a comparative study of African American welfare activism in Los Angeles and Koreans' campaigns for welfare rights in Kawasaki. In working-class and poor neighborhoods in both locations, African Americans and Koreans sought not only to be recognized as citizens but also to become legitimate constituting members of communities. Local activists...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: Los Angeles and Kawasaki as Arenas of Struggle over Citizenship; 1. Between Inclusion and Exclusion: The Origins of the U.S. Community Action Program; 2. Fostering Community and Nationhood: Japan's Model Community Program; 3. Struggling for Political Voice: Race and the Politics of Welfare in Los Angeles; 4. Recasting the Community Action Program: The Pursuit of Race, Class, and Gender Equality in Los Angeles; 5. Translating Black Theology into Korean Activism: The Hitachi Employment Discrimination Trial

6. Voicing Alternative Visions of Citizenship: The "Kawasaki System" of Welfare Conclusion: The Interconnectedness of Oppression and Freedom; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4529-4084-3